Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate, Self-Esteem, and Autonomous Motivation in Young Athletes: Testing Propositions from Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories | Zendy

Daniel J. O’Rourke | Zendy; Ronald E. Smith | Zendy; Frank L. Smoll | Zendy; Sean P. Cumming | Zendy

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Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate, Self-Esteem, and Autonomous Motivation in Young Athletes: Testing Propositions from Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories

Author(s) -

Daniel J. O’Rourke,

Ronald E. Smith,

Frank L. Smoll,

Sean P. Cumming

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

child development research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-3987

pISSN - 2090-3995

DOI - 10.1155/2012/393914

Subject(s) - psychology , self esteem , autonomy , athletes , self determination theory , id, ego and super ego , social psychology , developmental psychology , need for achievement , goal theory , intrinsic motivation , test (biology) , ecology , medicine , political science , law , physical therapy , biology

Interactions with parents are known to have a significant impact on children's self-esteem. In this study, designed to test propositions derived from Achievement Goal Theory and Self-Determination Theory, we assessed the influence of perceived parent-initiated mastery and ego motivational climates on self-esteem and self-esteem change in competitive youth swimmers over the course of a 32-week sport season. At each of three measurement points (early, mid, and late season), mastery climate scores on the Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate Questionnaire-2 scale were positively related to global self-esteem scores and to a measure of relative motivational autonomy that reflects the intrinsic-extrinsic motivation continuum, whereas ego climate scores were negatively related to self-esteem and autonomy. Longitudinal analyses revealed that early-season mastery climate predicted positive changes in self-esteem over the course of the season, whereas ego climate predicted decreased self-esteem. Consistent with predictions derived from Self-Determination Theory, a meditational analysis revealed that these self-esteem changes were mediated by changes in autonomous motivation

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